Method of connecting neck-bands



lC.v BAR'NS.

YMethodof GonnetingNeok Band's, Yoks, and Cuffs.

"to Shirts.

No. 229,232. Paf'enfed .Lune 29, 1880.

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CHARLES BARNS, OF SYRAOUSE, NEW YORK.

METHOD 0F CONNECTING NECK-BANDS, YOKES, AND CUFFS T0 SHIRTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 229,232, dated June 29,1880.

Application led March 4, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES BARNs, of Syracuse, in the county ofOnondaga, in the State of New York, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Connecting Neck- Bands, Yokes, and Cuffs to Shirts, (notpatented to me nor, with my knowledge or consent, in any foreigncountry,) of which the following, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention has reference to the connection of the ends of theneck-band, yoke, .and cuffs to the body and sleeves of.a-"shirt at theusual slits or openings in same.

Such connections have heretofore consisted in a straight continuation ofthe connecting'- seams of the aforesaid parts and terminating the saineat the usual slits or opeiiings in the shirt at or nearly at rightangles therewith. This abrupt termination of the seam subjected thefabric to excessive strain at that point, and frequently causeddisrupture ot' said parts.

It is to obviate these defects what my invention has for its object andto this end it consists, essentially, in terminating the connecting-seamof the aforesaid parts with a curve or deflection, so as to intersectthe usual slits or openings with an obtuse angle on the edges of thebody and sleeves of the shirt to which said parts are joined,substantially as hereinafter more fully described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l shows my invention as applied tothe neckband and yoke, and Fig. 2 the same as applied to the cuff, of ashirt.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents theneck-band, B the yoke, and C the cuff, of a shirt. Thecommon form (No model.)

of these members and their connections with the shirt is indicated bythe dotted line a: 90,.

terminating at the usual slit S abruptly, and nearly or quite atright'angles therewith, as before described.

The curved full line c represents my improved method of joining theneck-band, yoke, and cuffs to the shirt, the saidparts'being eitherextended to andsewed to the shirt along that line or having an extracorneri piece, b, of the shape of said extension attached to them. Thefabric of the shirt in both cases is, as formerly, extended to thedotted line m, thereby producing a double thickness of material in thecorner b, and thus re-enforcing the same.

The oblique termination of the seam a forms an obtuse angle on thejoining edges of the shirt, and by that means obviates the liability ofdisrupting the parts.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

The within-described method of re-enforcing the neck-band, yoke, andcuff connections of a shirt by means of the triangular extension b,overlapping the corners of the body and sleeves of the shirt, and.having along the ends of the overlapped part thereof V the extra seam wx, substantially as described and shown.

In testimony whereofI have hereunto signed my name and afxed my seal, inthe presence of two attesting witnesses, at Syracuse, in the county ofOnondaga and State of New York,

this 28th day of February, 1880.

CHARLES BARNS. [1.. s]V Witnesses:

E. LAAss,

GHAs. GARLICK.

